Improvement in ladies  skirt-lifters



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZERA VATERS, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENTIN LADIES SKIRT-LIFTERS.

Speeiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,613, dated'July 19,1864.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZERA WATERS, of the city ot' Bloomington, in thecounty ot' McLean and State of'Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Skirt-Lifters; and I d0 hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construetion andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part ot'this specification, in which the several parts aredesignated by letters and numbers as follows, viz:

2 represents a tube with the front part taken oit'. It is made of rubberor other suitable material fastened to or connected -with the zone orbelt A, that is to be buckled around thewaist.

3 represents a number of holes, through which a number of strings ortapes, B, pass. These strings or tapes may be lengthened or shortened bymoving the slides 5, and are passed through the snap hook 6 in such amanner as to allow the latter to slide freely to its proper place. Theeye S is to be fastened to the skirt. rIhe upper ends of the strings (rtapes pass through the holes 3 and tube 2, and are fastened to rings 4.Said rings are furnished with ribbons or tapes 9, that may be tied orlett free, as the operator may desire.

7 represents hooks, upon which the rings 4 may be fastened when it isdesired that the skirts remain up any length ot' time, as is shown by O.The belt A should be buckled at the side ot' the operator; then theskirts lnay be raised behind or in front by drawing the back or frontstrings, and all around by drawing both at once.

What l elaiiu as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A skirt-lifter consisting ofthe zone A,tuhe 2, with holes 3 andextension-strings B, all constructed and operating substantially asdescribed.

Vitnesscs: ZERA WATERS.

E. J. lVEs, B. W. BEIGGS.

